When we go backwards in time through the history of the cosmos, the distances and volumes shrink, while the average energy ...

The Big Bang theory suggests that the universe began as a hot, dense point, expanding into the cosmos we observe today.

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Time For Reflection Our understanding of the universe, as advanced as it is, is still riddled with paradoxes and huge ...

Astronomers have found what could be described as the universe's hungriest black hole – one that's breaking fundamental ...

Investigations into the unknowns of space and time -- and abstract questions around early universe cosmology relating to the ...

A radical hypothesis suggesting black holes could be behind the accelerating expansion of our universe has been stirring up ...

An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense maelstrom of the early universe has puzzled physicists for decades.

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...

Leonard and Sheldon might be the most unlikely to find a girlfriend or get a date, but real-life counterparts Johnny Galecki ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is like an immensely powerful kitchen, designed to cook up some of the rarest and hottest ...

“It sets up the conditions for the big bang—like a prequel,” says Guth, a professor of physics at MIT. For developing that theory, Guth and two of his colleagues, Andrei Linde at Stanford ...